-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, G. Kapetanios wrote:
> I am trynig to upgrade my libc5 to 5.4.33-5 from unstable > When I do dpkg it tries to replace libc5-dev with libc5-altdev . However > stuff dependes on libc5-dev and dpkg doesn't know that libc5-altdev > contains the same stuff as libc5-dev . So it crushes I tried to remove > anything that dependes on libc5-dev before changing to libc5-altdev but > but I get an unspecifief post-installation error when I try to replace > libc5-5.23 with libc5-33.3-5 The thing is, libc5-altdev DOESN'T contain exactly the same information as libc5-dev, it is a seperate package and all the include information and such is in a new tree. This is due to our migration of the next release of Debian to the new libc6 (glibc2), while preserving the capability to continue to compile and develop libc5 stuff as well. Unfortunatly, librarys that were compiled with libc5 may be subtly incompatible with libc6. Basically, the upgrade to the development set of unstable requires you to remove all of your old dev packages and replace them. I'd suggest you read debian-devel or its archives for further information. Also note that we aren't completely finished migrating the libraries, so if you use some estoric libraries, you may have to wait. - -- | The bond that links your true family is not Scott K. Ellis | one of blood, but of respect and joy in each [EMAIL PROTECTED] | other's life. Rarely do members of one | family grow up under the same roof. | -- Illusions -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBM9eUF6Ck2fENdzpVAQGSdQQAjQDUeYcl22Y5L2gvx84Sqf40iBMSMMPw uFUpD1OKMODHrhAVP3yknr2I4PepRsehUNxqCDuVvU32/TqsqWHmcmIGpZ2fZLFV UhkEyPJ+e+goBU8GVoVu2igYjbH6Dc00FSIEEyX/yIqBaLINFOGqBwhD9z0yheWN 5o88VXlvkQE= =O8UU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .